Deadline: 17-Jan-23

The Kubota Fund has announced the 2023-2024 Grant Program for research analysts, trainees and students from developing countries who join in academic, educational or training program(s) provided by research/educational institutions or private enterprises located in Japan.

The Kubota Fund was established with this notion in 1984 by the late Yutaka Kubota, founder of Nippon Koei Co.,Ltd., who contributed the necessary funds from his own property. The aim of the Fund was to foster the growth of industrial technologies of less developed countries by financially assisting their potential leaders in various fields to get necessary education and training. The Fund has, since its establishment, helped many trainees and researchers from developing countries all over the world.

The Kubota Fund is based upon Mr. Kubota’s conviction that (1) economic development and social stability of developing countries are ultimately produced by domestic engineers’ self-esteem and self-reliance, and (2) well-organized training programs are crucial to foster good engineers.

Funding Information

• From Yen 80,000 to Yen 100,000 per month. (The amount of grant and number of grantees are annually reviewed and eventually determined by the Managing Committee of the Fund.)
• The period of each grant is one year (from April 2023 to March 2024).

Activities

• To provide financial aid to students/trainees/researchers who come from developing countries for pursuing academic degree, training or research at educational/research institutes or business enterprises in Japan (prioritized fields: civil engineering, electrical/electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, agronomic/agricultural engineering, energy engineering, environmental science, and development economics) at business firms or other organizations in Japan.
• Other activities necessary to accomplish missions of the Fund.

Eligibility Criteria

• Qualifications
  • Applicant must be a national of developing country, or born & raised in a developing region, whose annual GDP per capita is less than US$7,000.
  • Applicant must be officially enrolled in a research/educational/training institute or hired by a business enterprise located in Japan.
  • Applicant must stay in Japan for the duration of scholarship, except the period of field research abroad, attending international conferences, or temporarily returning to your home country.
  • Applicant must be (or will have to be) pursuing academic degree(s)/conducting research project(s) on a specific engineering development theme (preferably civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, agriculture, environment engineering, energy engineering, architecture or development economics).
  • Applicant should be recommended by a permanent/professional staff, who holds capability/position to evaluate ability, achievements and potentiality of the applicant adequately, of the organization to which the applicant belong, such as the applicant’s academic or managerial supervisor(s).
• Number of grantees and period of grant
  • The number of grantees to be selected this year will be 12, including those who will be awarded renewed grant.
  • The renewal of another one-year grant will be subject to qualifications.

For more information, visit Kubota Fund.